Skinny Slim Women

A story was posted in the news today online locally that said that most fashion designers consider size 6 to be plus sized. There was, naturally, a string of comments below the story, well over a hundred. Most were a form of outrage at this classification of women's bodies, but a few were sarcastic "I guess I'm fat now" comments.

What I didn't see was anyone taking responsibility for their OWN daughters.

Maybe I missed it, to be fair. I often skim over comments on news stories online, because they often are "OMG" or "ppl are crzy" or "your so dumb, u dont kno what ur talkng abt." Those type of short-hand, improper grammar, ridiculousness makes me feel 20 IQ points dumber just briefly grazing the comment.

Where was I? Oh yeah, their own daughters.

People blame the fashion industry for creating this unachievable standard with their sizing, claiming they are a bad influence on the youth of today. Here's MY question: why are you letting your child base their self-image on what some anorexic model looks like? Why not encourage your child to live a healthy, active lifestyle, and lead by example?

WHO THINKS THIS IS PRETTY!?!?  I seriously almost puked in my mouth.

I just don't see how anyone would WANT to look like that, when women like this are more the norm:

I did a Google image search of "full figured models." Any single one of those women that came up could be a woman I saw on the street on any given day.

If I looked half as good as the second picture, I would kiss my treadmill daily!

I tell my daughter every. day. that she is so smart. To me, intelligence is THE MOST important thing to nurture and develop in order to achieve a well-adjusted, successful adult.

However, I also tell her how pretty she is when we look in the mirror together. She will always know that her mother and father think she's beautiful, smart, funny, kind, and amazing.

She's setting a pretty high standard for kid #2...whenever that decides to come along. :)

~CSM